The famous West Lake is like a brilliant pearl embedded in the beautiful and fertile shores of the East China Sea near the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay. The lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers. The view of the West Lake is simply enchanting, which offers many attractions for tourists at home and abroad.

Lying in Hangzhou City of Zhejiang Province, the West Lake is a world famous tourist spot. Embraced by green hills on three sides, the lake covers an area of 5.6 square kilometers and has a perimeter of 15 kilometers.

The name of West Lake was fixed as early as the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Before the Tang Dynasty, the lake had various names such as Wulin Water, Mingsheng Lake, Jinzhong Lake, Longchuan, Qianyuan, Qiantang Lake, and Shang Lake, etc. In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the Chinese renowned poet Su Dongpo wrote a poem to praise the West Lake and compared it to Xizi, a Chinese legendary beauty. Since then, the West Lake has another elegant name Xizi Lake.

The beauty of the West Lake lies in its lingering charm that survives the change of seasons in a year and of hours in a day. Among its beautiful sights, the most famous sites are the Ten Sights in West Lake and the Ten New Sights in West Lake, which are known as the Double-Ten Sights in West Lake. The Ten Sights in West Lake are as following :

Melting Snow at Broken Bridge(断桥残雪),

Spring Dawn at Sudi Causeway(苏堤春晓),

Sunset Glow over Leifeng Hill(雷峰夕照),

Lotus in the Breeze at Crooked Courtyard(曲苑风荷),

Autumn Moon on Calm Lake(平湖秋月),

Rains of Sweet-scented Osmanthus Over Hills (满陇桂雨),

Trees in Mist by the Nine Rivulets (九溪烟树),

Heaven Wind over Wushan Mountain(吴山天风),

Tea-tasting at Dragon Well(龙井问茶),

Viewing Fish at Flowers Harbor(花港观鱼),

And there are many other famous sights:

Listening to Orioles Singing in the Willows(柳浪闻莺),

Evening Bell at Nanping Hill(南屏晚钟),

Three Pools Mirroring the Moon(三潭印月),

Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds(双峰插云).

The Ten New Sights in West Lake are Dream Spring of Hupao(虎跑梦泉),

Gem Bathed in Flowing Rosy Clouds (宝石流霞),

Scud over Yuhuang(玉皇飞云),

Yellow Dragon Spitting Greenness(黄龙吐翠),

Ruan Mound in Green(阮墩环碧),

Cloud Dwelling and Bamboo Path (云栖竹径).

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